My Little Ruki: Fanwank is Tragic

[puss_nd_boots]

All right, what the hay is going on with the Gaze fandom this time? I open Tumblr and see that, apparently, a wank so huge you'd have thought Ruki sprouted wings and was declared a princess had broken out. (Mind you, when these things happen I always see people talking about the wank rather than the wank itself. I think the real wank goes down on Facebook and Twitter and then people come to Tumblr to wank about the wank.

From what I can tell, the root of the wank is this: 1. Ruki says there will be another world tour, doesn't give a date. 2. Someone makes a vague remark during the MTV 81 interview about going to countries they hadn't before next time. 3. Fandom puts them together and concludes the Gazemen are definitely coming to America in 2014, even though nobody said anything of the sort. 4. GazettE announces the fan club lives for 2014. 5. Fandom flips its shit.

I've heard this has gone as far as people attacking Heresy members and sending hate messages to Aoi and Ruki. Really, fandom? Really?

The best part is the people yelling about it all being fan club only when they're not in Japan and have no plans to go. Um, then why does it matter to them? (Plus, we don't know for sure the WHOLE year is going to be fan club only - one friend of mine has a theory that this is all leading up to something big and public around Christmas, like a return to Budokan or Tokyo Dome, and that will be announced during the FC shows).

Every time one of these incidents breaks out, I'm thankful for all the level-headed, NICE people I've met in the Gaze fandom. Proof the wankers are the exception and not the rule.

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Comments

[mikkithegazette.livejournal.com]

I think the main problem is that they're reserving a good 3/4 of 2014 for HERESY only and people who actually do travel to see them (like quite a few of my friends) won't be able to see them at all. Adding salt to the wound, they're dedicating all three tours to old albums and that's like saying "yeah we're going to do what all of our fans have requested for years but it's only for the people that give our company the enormous amounts of money it wants." It's kind of like a slap to the face, you know? This isn't the fault of HERESY members; I wish people would stop being stupid for a moment and realize this.

[puss-nd-boots.livejournal.com]

I can definitely understand that - planning to travel to Japan and then finding out you couldn't see the Gazemen because the tour is FC only and you've already spent a mint on the trip itself would be disappointing as all hell. But the people are barking up entirely the wrong tree by going after Heresy members - especially if said members are overseas and can't get to Japan for this series of tours! I'd actually seen some resentment of Heresy before all hell broke loose with this - all this just took it to the next level. I'm just glad it all seems to have died down now - it got UGLY for the first week after Coda.